Nearly 200,000 Steam users play PC games with SNES controllers. That’s the most surprising factoid from Valve’s data about controllers. Xbox 360 controllers are most used (27.2 million), while Xbox One and PS4 are nearly neck-and-neck (11.5 million and 12.2 million). The Steam controller, at 1.5 million, remains niche.

Here, A Bowsette Amiibo, I Hope You’re All Happy

Nintendo has of course released official Peach Amiibo. But it’s up to people like GandaKristo turn them into something fans truly want The custom Amiibo creator extraordinaire has created the masterpiece you see here. And the back: Perfection. We’vefeatured her work here before, but in the time since our last showcase and this she’s also…

Scrabble Adds 300 New Words, Like “Sheeple” And “OK”

Four years after its last update, the official Merriam-Webster Scrabble Dictionary is having around 300 new words added to the ranks. AsAP reports, 20 of those start with Q, like “Qapik”, which is “a monetary unit of Azerbaijan, equal to 1/100 of the Azerbaijani manat”. Also added are some Asian culinary treasures, like “bibimbap” and…

Xbox One Getting Mouse + Keyboard Support

FPS games (and…strategy games?) are about to get a lot more precise on the Xbox One, with the announcement today that Microsoft is “enabling mouse and keyboard support on Xbox One for select Xbox Insiders in the coming weeks.” It’s a game-by-game thing, with developers free to choose whether they implement the added compatibility or…

Cloud Saves Will Last Six Months After A Switch Online Subscription Ends

When Nintendo Switch Online launched last week, subscribers gained the ability to finally back up their save files. One question remained, though: what would happen if the subscription lapsed? Nintendo’s original support page FAQ was vague on the matter, but today the company confirmed they’ll last for six months. For $4 a month or $20…

Ex-Telltale Developers Share Alternate Walking Dead Endings And Other Gags

Telltale is no more, and its smoldering remains are being sued for failing to give hundreds of employees adequate notice or compensation. There’s a faint glimmer of a silver lining, though. Ex-employees have been sharing odds and ends from their time at Telltale, and now they’ve gotten to the primo stuff: the goofs. Today, Jake…

Here’s October 2018’s Xbox Live Games With Gold Lineup

Xbox announced October’s Games with Gold lineup during its Inside Xbox presentation this afternoon. I’m excited to see Hitman: Blood Money because it’s a chance to play some Hitman before I get to play more Hitman next month. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. October’s…

Take A Break With This Cat Who Plays Your Favorite Tunes

Want respite from a hectic, stressful world? Here, have some Bongo Cat. Bongo Cat was originally created by artist Stray Rogue, and wasn’t originally called Bongo Cat or even playing the bongos. Stray Rogue had been drawing a cat-like blob called Rogu for some time. In May, they drew Rogu smacking a counter with their…

Fans And Developers Are Torn About Whether The Walking Dead Games Should Continue

Today, what’s left of Telltale Games following mass layoffs on Friday released episode two of The Walking Dead: The Last Season. It’s good, and while it would take the series out on a high note, many fans are ambivalent about whatever comes next. When the closure of Telltale was first announced on Friday, people weren’t…

Speedrunner Achieves ‘Impossible’ Super Mario Bros. Record Time

The original Super Mario Bros. is tightly optimized, as far as speedruns go. Runners have been shaving off milliseconds using highly-skilled play and glitches, all in the hopes of someday reaching a theoretically perfect run. Previously, this was only achievable using special programs, but last night, a runner did what some people thought impossible, matching…

Japanese Publishers Should Go Bigger At Tokyo Game Show

Another Tokyo Game Show has come and gone, and Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft and I were both there to see the sights, play some games, and score some merch. Now that it’s all over, we have some thoughts. Chris Kohler: Brian, we’ve just returned from our annual hangout at Tokyo Game Show—me to America, you to…

The Gardens Between Provides My Favorite Gaming Fantasy: Control Of Time

Move forward and time advances. Move backwards and time rewinds. It’s a simple idea that games such as Superhot have done well. It’s one of the only things you can do in The Gardens Between, a simple, beautiful three-button game I’m enjoying during my breaks between climbing the mountains of this season’s gargantuan releases. The…

That Mysterious New Pokémon Finally Has A Name: Meltan

Over the weekend, this weird-looking Pokemon began popping up in Pokémon Go. Players wanted to know more about it, but they couldn’t even catch it; when they tried, the creature would often turn into a Ditto. No shortage of memes and conspiracy theories ensued, but this morning Nintendo introduced the creature in a new Pokemon:…